Death Anniversary Thread

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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born in Helsinki and died in the same city 50 years ago at the age of 78, he was a chemist and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945 due to "his researches and inventions in agricultural and nutritional chemistry, especially for his method of preserving fodder",The asteroid 1449 Virtanen is named in his honor

 

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Palestinian political leader Yasser Arafat died on this day 19 years ago, aged 75. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority from 1994 to 2004. He is an Arab nationalist and a socialist. Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004. He fought alongside the Muslim brotherhood during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1994, he was award the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres.

 

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Cnut the Great died on this day 988 years ago, aged 45.

- Cnut was Danish, and his father was king Sweyn Forkbeard. In 1013 he and his father would invade England, and the Danish parliament would elect Cnut king there.

- Cnut would proceed to take over northern England, allowing king Edmund Ironside to keep London and the south- Edmund died soon after the treaty was signed, and Cnut would be recognized as the king of the entirety of England soon after, becoming the first English king of the Jelling dynasty.

- Cnut became the king of Denmark after his brother Harald II's death in 1018, and would also become the king of Norway ten years later. Because of the vast expanse of land under his control, he earned the epithet "The Great".

- Cnut was the first Christian king of Denmark, and took the name "Lambert" upon his baptism.

- Cnut died in 1035 and his son Harthacnut became king- when Harthacnut died seven years later, the English crown returned to the House of Wessex when Edward the Confessor returned from exile in Normandy.

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Jonathan Brandis was born in Danbury, Connecticut and died in Los Angeles 30 years ago.The actor is best known for his characters Lucas Wolenczak from the SeaQuest DSV series and Bastian Bux from the film The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter.He also appeared in the film IT 1992. Brandis died from injuries caused by hanging, which occurred the day before. According to his mother, he had gone out to dinner with friends and, upon returning to the apartment at 650 S. Detroit St, his friends reported that he was very agitated and restless. He left the room where everyone was and, approximately 15 minutes later, one of his friends went looking for him and found him hanging with a nylon rope on the second floor of the building, one reason for his suicide may have been due to his presence. in the film Hart's War, a role he said would be his return, however, scenes in which he appeared ended up being cut from the final version of the film, which left him quite disappointed.Died at age 27

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American professional baseball catcher and manager Bill Dickey died on this day 30 years ago, aged 86.

 

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American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer Stan Lee died on this day 5 years ago, aged 95. He rose through the ranks of a family run business called Timely Comics which would later become Marvel Comics. In collaboration with others at Marvel he co-created iconic characters, including superheroes Spiderman, the X Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow. Following his retirement from Marvel in the 1990s, Lee remained a public figurehead for the company, and frequently made cameo appearances in films and television shows based on Marvel characters on which he received an executive producer credit, which allowed him to become the highest grossing person in film of all time by a large margin. Lee was inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1995. He received the NEA's National Medal of Arts in 2008.

 

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King Fulk of Jerusalem died on this day 880 years ago, aged 54.

- Fulk was French, and was the son of count Fulk IV of Anjou. He succeeded his father in the position upon his death in 1109, as Fulk V.

- Fulk would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1119, and would help fund the recently-founded Knights Templar. He planned to return to France in 1127, but king Baldwin II wanted him to marry his daughter Melisende. Fulk agreed to this on the terms he would rule alongside her, and would forfeit Anjou in favor of his son Geoffrey (Plantagenet) to stay in Jerusalem.

- Fulk would become king of Jerusalem in 1131, and effectively made himself the sole ruler. He was not well-liked by other crusader states' rulers (thinking he would invade them) and the general populace (who were more loyal to Melisende). Fulk would only acquiesce power to Melisende after an assassination attempt on him in 1134.

- Fulk would die after a 12-year reign while hunting- his horse fell and he was struck in his head by its saddle. Melisende outlived him, but their son Baldwin III would reign with her.

- Fulk was the paternal grandfather of king Henry II of England.

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Camille Pissarro was born in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island in the Danish West Indies, today the American Virgin Islands and died in Paris 120 years ago. He was a painter, co-founder of impressionism, and the only one who participated in the group's eight exhibitions (1874- 1886)

 

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Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli died on this day 50 years ago, aged 83.

 

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American professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero died on this day 18 years ago, aged 38. He was best known for his tenures in WWE and WCW. Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions, and in the United States he performed for ECW, WCW, WWF/WWE. After the death of Art Barr, Guerrero received his first mainstream exposure in the United States in 1995 by joining ECW and winning the ECW World Television Championship two times. Later that year, Guerrero moved the WCW, where he became WCW United States Champion and WCW Cruiserweight Champion and also led the Latino World Order. Guerrero went on to win the WWF European Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championship before he was released in 2001 due to addiction issues.

 

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Des O'Connor died on this day 3 years ago, aged 88.

- Before becoming a TV personality, O'Connor was a stand-up comedian and songwriter (the latter, he would write for singer Sam Browne in the early '50s). Besides songwriting, he was also a singer, and got a number one in the UK in 1968 with "I Pretend":

- O'Connor was best known for being the host of multiple variety and talk shows- in order, these were The Des O'Connor Show (1963-1971), Des O'Connor Entertains (1974-1976), Des O'Connor Tonight (1977-2002), and Today With Des and Mel (2002-2006).

- O'Connor was also a game show host, most notably on Take Your Pick! (1992 to 1998) and Countdown (2007 to 2008).

- O'Connor would often appear on The Morecambe and Wise Show, where Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise would often joke about his singing; said jokes were often written by O'Connor himself.

- O'Connor was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017, and died from complications from a fall three years after diagnosis.

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Alexander Nevski was born in Pereslavia, Vladimir-Suzdal (currently in Russia) and died in Gorodets, Vladimir-Suzdal 760 years ago at the age of 43, he was Prince of Novogardia (1236–40, 1240–56 and 1258-1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal (1252–63) during some of the most difficult times in the history of Kievan Rus

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Japanese writer, editor, labor organizer, communist agent, politician, university professor and the founder of the Japanese Communist Party, Sanzō Nosaka, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 101.

 

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American educator, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States Booker T. Washington died on this day 108 years ago, aged 59. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite. Washington was from the last generation of Black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. They were newly oppressed in the South by disenfranchisement and the Jin Crow discriminatory laws enacted in the post-Reconstruction Southern states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Washington was a key proponent of African-American businesses and one of the founders of the National Negro Business League.

 

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Barbara Park died on this day 10 years ago, aged 66.

- Park was an author of children's novels that dealt with serious topics- these included Mick Harte Was Here (1995), about a girl dealing with the premature death of her brother in a bicycle accident, and The Graduation of Jake Moon (2000), about a boy dealing with his grandfather's Alzheimer's.

- Park was however best known for her Junie B. Jones series of illustrated novels, which she began writing in 1992- in a way, these were the Diary of a Wimpy Kids of the '90s. 31 books were made, and have sold over 55 million copies worldwide:

These books have also been constantly challenged by schools due to Junie being a bad role model for children (kind of like Greg Heffley of the aforementioned DoaWK series).

- Park died from ovarian cancer. The last Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. Jones: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff), was released posthumously, ten months after her death.

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57 minutes ago, Drewsky1211 said:

Barbara Park died on this day 10 years ago, aged 66.

- Park was an author of children's novels that dealt with serious topics- these included Mick Harte Was Here (1995), about a girl dealing with the premature death of her brother in a bicycle accident, and The Graduation of Jake Moon (2000), about a boy dealing with his grandfather's Alzheimer's.

- Park was however best known for her Junie B. Jones series of illustrated novels, which she began writing in 1992- in a way, these were the Diary of a Wimpy Kids of the '90s. 31 books were made, and have sold over 55 million copies worldwide:

These books have also been constantly challenged by schools due to Junie being a bad role model for children (kind of like Greg Heffley of the aforementioned DoaWK series).

- Park died from ovarian cancer. The last Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. Jones: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff), was released posthumously, ten months after her death.

She did a book reading at my elementary school for Mick Harte. We were all crying; I won't forget that book. It was very good at teaching kids to wear helmets.

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Maria II of Portugal was born in Rio de Janeiro and died 170 years ago at the age of 34 in Lisbon, she was Queen of Portugal and Algarves twice: first from 1826 to 1828, when she was deposed by her uncle Miguel I and then, from 1834 until her death in 1853, eldest daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (who was king of Portugal as Pedro IV), and his first wife, Maria Leopoldina of Austria

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Glafkos Klerides was born in Nicosia and died in the same city 10 years ago at the age of 94. He was president of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003

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American Hall of Fame jockey J. Linus McAtee died on this day 60 years ago, aged 65.

 

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American actor and film director Lionel Barrymore died on this day 69 years ago, aged 76. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Potter in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. He is also particularly remembered as Ebenezer Scrooge in annual broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during his last two decades. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard Gillespie in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's nine Dr. Kildare films, a role he reprised in a further six fims focusing solely on Gillespie and in a radio series titled The Story of Dr. Kildare. He was a member of the theatrical Barrymore family.

 

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Ralph Edwards died on this day 18 years ago, aged 92.

- From a young age, Edwards was a radio announcer, and would often introduce radio show hosts. He would also provide his voice for trailers for upcoming Laurel and Hardy movies.

- Edwards would begin hosting Truth or Consequences from its inception as a radio show in 1940, and continued as its host when it made the jump to TV in 1950. He hosted until 1951, but remained an executive producer of the show throughout its run- hiring the late Bob Barker in 1956.

- A town in New Mexico would rename itself after the show for its 10th anniversary contest in 1950, and Edwards would visit it every May until 2000. The town made it into a holiday known as "Fiesta" (still celebrated in "T or C" to this day), and named its local park after Edwards.

- Edwards was also known for being the creator and host of This is Your Life, running from 1948 to 1961 (with a revival from 1971 to 1972 and some one-off specials in the '80s). He would read aloud the biographies of guests (their identities were not revealed until a while into the run while on radio), ranging from celebrities such as Bob Hope, Johnny Cash, and Marilyn Monroe, to survivors of WWII tragedies, to McGruff the Crime Dog:

- Edwards also had a brief acting career, appearing in six movies between 1937 and 1955 (two of which he was uncredited in).

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On this day 1 year ago, French-born American actor Robert Clary, who starred in the TV sitcom "Hogan's Heroes", passed away at the age of 96.

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Margaret of Scotland died 930 years ago at Edinburgh Castle at the age of 48, she was queen consort of Scotland as wife of Malcolm III of Scotland. She is a venerated saint of the Catholic Church

Isabel de Hesse and Rhine died at the age of 8 from typhoid fever 120 years ago, she was born in Darmstadt and was the only daughter born to Ernesto Luís, Grand Duke of Hesse and his first wife, Vitória Melita de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota.

Janete Clair was born in Conquista and died in Rio de Janeiro 40 years ago, she was a famous Brazilian writer, author of serials for radio and television, and died of bowel cancer at the age of 58.

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English writer, speaker and philosophical entertainer Alan Watts died on this day 50 years ago, aged 58.

 

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Henry III of England died on this day 751 years ago, aged 65. He was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. He is the son of King John and Isabella of Angouléme, Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War. Cardinal Guala Bicchieri declared the war against the rebel barons to be a religious crusade and Henry's forces, led by William Marshal, defeated the rebels at the battles of Lincoln and Sandwich in 1217. Henry promised to abide by the Great Charter of 1225, a later version of the 1215 Magna Carta, which limited royal power and protected the rights of the major barons. His early rule was dominated first by Hubert de Burgh and then Peter des Roches, who re-established royal authority after the war. In 1230, the King attempted to reconquer the provinces of France that had once belonged to his father, but the invasion was a debacle. A revolt led by William Marshal's son Richard broke out in 1232, ending in a peace settlement negotiated by the Church.

 

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Thomas Pelham Holles- or Lord Newcastle- died on this day 255 years ago, aged 75.

- Newcastle was the first of his family to use a double surname- his father was (Baron) Thomas Pelham, and his mother was Grace Holles.

- A partisan Whig, Newcastle would organize street fights with Jacobite opponents following the death of Queen Anne. His support of King George I earned him the title of the Earl (later Marquess) of Clare.

- Newcastle entered Parliament sometime in the late 1710s. He served as Secretary of State from 1724 to 1748- during this time, he oversaw domestic and foreign conflicts such as the War of Jenkins' Ear, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the 1745 Jacobite uprising.

- Newcastle became Prime Minister upon the death of Henry Pelham (his younger brother) in 1754. The Seven Years' War began during his premiership, and he would be ousted as PM in 1756 due to poor foreign policy decisions. Regardless, he returned to the role in 1757, and would be dismissed again in 1762 by King George III (having preferred Lord Bute). Newcastle was the last Prime Minister to be removed by a monarch (before said power was allocated to the legislative branch).

- Because of his ineptitude, Newcastle was often lampooned by 18th-century satirists:

(This 1761 political cartoon depicts Newcastle (on the right) as a knave- the fox on the left is Baron Holland (a pun on his real name, Henry Fox).)

- Newcastle would retire from politics in 1765. He suffered a stroke in December of 1767 (prime material for deadpoolers from 1768), dying eleven months later.